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September 17th, 2003 Dateline: Little Rock, Arkansas Last night I decided that I would attend the Wesley Clark for President announcement. As a Conservative Republican of longtime standing I would venture into “Enemy” territory and see what the lay of the land was with Clark and his grass roots band of miscreants. It was a warm day of about 88 degrees and the turnout, excluding the media, was about 200 to 250 people. Everyone from the Arkansas Democratic Party hierarchy was there, including Former Senator David Pryor, Congressman Marion Berry, Clinton Library Foundation Head Skip Rutherford, Former Governor Jim Guy...

Democratic candidate Dean asks Wesley Clark to be running mate By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 12 September 2003 Howard Dean, presidential front-runner in the Democratic Party, has asked retired General Wesley Clark to join his campaign, should the former Nato commander decide not to join the race himself. The move will strengthen speculation that if Mr Dean wins the nomination, he will select General Clark as his running mate to challenge George Bush in 2004. Mr Dean's campaign officials confirmed the men had a private meeting in California at the weekend. Neither side would give details, but General Clark told...

<p>Summer in Savannah means tourists, and most of them arrive looking for the garden, or the evidence of it as outlined in the famous (or infamous) book by John Berendt. Sex sells in Savannah (unlike other places) and "Lady Chablis," the drag queen featured in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" continues to play to sellout audiences in a Savannah club.</p>

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer/songwriter Wesley Willis, a diagnosed schizophrenic who recorded more than 50 albums during his career, has died after a long battle with chronic myelogenous leukemia. The Chicago-based artist underwent emergency surgery to suppress internal bleeding on June 2 and remained in hospice care until his death on Aug. 21. He was 40. Standing 6'5" tall and weighing more than 300 pounds, Willis began writing songs in 1992, primarily about his favorite rock 'n' roll artists. He would also be frequently seen riding the Chicago bus lines, selling his accomplished pen drawings of the cityscapes. In the...

Wesley Clark - Trustworthy? Hardly.Date: Wednesday, August 20 @ 15:06:40 Topic Politicians   "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States." Here in Arkansas, Wesley Clark, close friend and emulator of Bill Clinton, always refers himself as a "native Arkansan". I suppose that is as honest as his ex-boss's "I never had sex..." proclamations under oath. After all what does an oath to GOD mean to them? DraftClark.com "Wesley Clark was...

Hey -- I'm a part of the Draft Wesley Clark coalition, and I'm contacting you because the Students for Clark organization was founded last week. The group is a nationwide network of college and high school students devoted to electing former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General (ret.) Wesley Clark for president! We're going to need all the help we can get to retire Bush to his Crawford ranch and return sanity to the Oval Office, so we're searching for students that would like to establish a charter at Connecticut College. Are you or anyone you know interested? Thanks for your...

QUESTION: How do I handle professors that don't like to hear "King James only" arguments? They are evaluating using a certain Bible version. They say that they'll listen to evidence about other Bible versions, but do not want the King James mentioned specifically. What do I do?

"Most atrocious things have been spoken about the character and spiritual condition of John Wesley, the modern prince of Arminians. I can only say concerning him that, while I detest many of the doctrines that he preached, yet for the man himself I have a reverence second to no Wesleyan; and if there were wanted two apostles to be added to the number of the twelve, I do not believe that there could be found two men more fit to be so added than George Whitfield and John Wesley" (p. 176).

JOHN WESLEY SERMON ONE SALVATION BY FAITH PREACHED AT ST. MARY'S OXFORD, BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY, ON JUNE 18, 1738 "By Grace are ye saved through faith." Ephesians 2.8 1.. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that "formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul," and stamped on that soul the image of God, and "put all things under his feet." The...

SERMON 58 ON PREDESTINATION "Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son: -- Whom he did predestinate, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." Romans 8:29, 30. Our beloved brother Paul," says St. Peter, "according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all his Epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also...

"This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness." Jer. 23:6.1. How dreadful and how innumerable are the contests which have arisen about religion! And not only among the children of this world, among those who knew not what true religion was, but even among the children of God; those who had experienced "the kingdom of God within them;" who had tasted of "righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." How many of these, in all ages, instead of joining together against the common enemy, have turned their weapons against each other, and so...

John Wesley's Rules for Singing Learn these tunes before you learn any others; afterwards learn as many as you please. Sing them exactly as they are printed here, without altering or mending them at all; and if you have learned to sing them otherwise, unlearn it as soon as you can. Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can. Let not a slight degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you, take it up, and you will find it a blessing. Sing lustily and with a good courage....

by Vern A Hannah             An Old Testament theologian has rightfully stated that "What a religion affirms concerning the meaning of sin is a highly suggestive clue to its entire creed."' This is especially true of the relationship between the ideas of sin and sanctification.             There is an urgent need within the modern Wesleyan movement to rethink the concept and terminology of original sin in relation to sanctification. Thirteen years' pastoral experience and ten years of college teaching convince me that there is widespread confusion about the traditional teachings on original sin and entire sanctification.             Why are so...

Iain Murray on Whitefield and Wesley This article first appeared in the 1960 edition of Whitefield's Journals, published by The Banner of Truth Trust.[1] Here Iain Murray discusses the historical background that led to George Whitefield's famous letter to John Wesley. The occasion and background of [Whitefield's letter to Wesley] requires a few words of explanation. From the time of his conversion in 1735, Whitefield had been profoundly conscious of man's entire depravity, his need of the new birth, and the fact that God can save and God alone. Describing an experience which occurred a few weeks after his conversion,...

"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." - Romans 8:16 1. How many vain men, not understanding what they spake, neither whereof they affirmed, have wrested this Scripture to the great loss if not the destruction of their souls! How many have mistaken the voice of their own imagination for this witness of the Spirit of God, and thence idly presumed they were the children of God while they were doing the works of the devil! These are truly and properly enthusiasts; and, indeed, in the worst sense of the word. But...

JOHN WESLEY SERMON SEVENTY-FIVE ON SCHISM "That there might be no schism in the body." 1 Cor. 12:25. 1. If there be any word in the English tongue as ambiguous and indeterminate in its meaning as the word Church, it is one that is nearly allied to it, -- the word Schism. it has been the subject of innumerable disputes for several hundred years; and almost innumerable books have been written concerning it in every part of the Christian world. A very large share of these have been published in our country; particularly during the last century, and the beginning...

The Question, "What Is an Arminian?" Answered by a Lover of Free Grace by John Wesley 1. To say, "This man is an Arminian," has the same effect on many hearers, as to say, "This is a mad dog." It puts them into a fright at once: They run away from him with all speed and diligence; and will hardly stop, unless it be to throw a stone at the dreadful and mischievous animal. 2. The more unintelligible the word is, the better it answers the purpose. Those on whom it is fixed know not what to do: Not understanding...

JOHN WESLEY SERMON NINETY-TWO ON ZEAL "It is good to be always zealously affected in a good thing." Gal. 4:18. 1. There are few subjects in the whole compass of religion, that are of greater importance than this. For without zeal it is impossible, either to make any considerable progress in religion ourselves, or to do any considerable service to our neighbour, whether in temporal or spiritual things. And yet nothing has done more disservice to religion, or more mischief to mankind, than a sort of zeal which has for several ages prevailed, both in Pagan, Mahometan, and Christian nations....

JOHN WESLEY SERMON FIFTY-FOUR ON ETERNITY quot;From everlasting to everlasting thou art God.quot; Psalm 90:2 1. I would fain speak of that awful subject, -- eternity. But how can we grasp it in our thought? It is so vast, that the narrow mind of man is utterly unable to comprehend it. But does it not bear some affinity to another incomprehensible thing, -- immensity? May not space, though an unsubstantial thing, be compared with another unsubstantial thing, -- duration? But what is immensity? It is boundless space. And what is eternity? It is boundless duration. 2. Eternity has generally been...